Homer, Parmenides, and the road to demonstration / Benjamin Folit-Weinberg, University of Bristol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Folit-Weinberg, Benjamin, author.

Series:

Cambridge classical studies.

Cambridge classical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parmenides--Criticism and interpretation.

Parmenides.

Homer--Influence.

Homer.

Reasoning.

Hodos (The Greek word).

Philosophy in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 367 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

It is widely agreed that Parmenides invented extended deductive argumentation and the practice of demonstration, a transformative event in the history of thought. But how did he manage this seminal accomplishment? In this book, Benjamin Folit-Weinberg finally provides an answer. At the heart of this story is the image of the hodos, the road and the journey. Brilliantly deploying the tools and insights of literary criticism, conceptual history, and archaeology, Folit-Weinberg illuminates how Parmenides adopts and adapts this image from Homer, especially the Odyssey, forging from it his pioneering intellectual approaches. Reinserting Parmenides into the physical world and poetic culture of archaic Greece, Folit-Weinberg reveals both how deeply traditional and how radical was Parmenides' new way of thinking and speaking. By taking this first step toward providing a history of the concept method, this volume uncovers the genealogy of philosophy in poetry and poetic imagery.

Contents:

Part I. Prooimia: 1. Roads: Words and Things; Parmenides the late archaic poet; Part II. Routes: 3. The hodos of Odysseus; 4. The hodos in Odyssey XII; 5. Krisis: Fragment 2; 6. Con(-)sequence: Fragment 8; Part III. Doxai: 7. Mortal Opinions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Jun 2022).

ISBN:

9781009051484

1009051482

9781009051637

1009051636

9781009047562

1009047566

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access